Is it right to marry a pregnant woman?
Is It Beyond Pardon? By Bridget Amaraegbu ( bridgyfree@yahoo.com )
Friday, October 23, 2009
Ngozi, an unmarried teenage mother had her first baby three years ago. To her dismay today, she is pregnant for her second baby. How could this have happened and how is she going to cope? The single mother remembered the heart break, severe pains and agony that trailed her first pregnancy following the refusal of her boyfriend, Charles, to accept responsibility of the child.




http://odili.net/news/source/2009/oct/23/306.html

Can she do it again on her own or should she succumb to the demand of an elderly divorcee who has no child and is willing to give anything to marry her and take care of the unborn baby? What would people think of her? Do you think it’s wrong for Ngozi to marry this man with her pregnancy? Find out what the stars have to say. Excerpts:

Outright adoption, the answer — Obiwon, Musician

I’m not going to say whether it is right or wrong for a man to marry a pregnant woman but the man who does so should have it at the back of his mind that the biological father of this child might come for his child someday in the future. Also, remember that God has a way of blessing his people. So, it’s possible for the man who married this pregnant woman to have more children from the woman if he’s able to take good care of the child, not minding the fact that he is not the biological father. If he’s able to have more children from this woman, it would then be easier for him to release my child to me whenever I come for him or her.

Obiwon

The truth remains that every reasonable man will want to have his child back, no matter the circumstance that led him to deny the pregnancy in the past. If I’m in the shoes of this biological father we’re talking about, I’ll surely do my best to get the child back. But it has to follow a gradual process. I’m not going to fight the woman who’s the mother of my child to claim this child because I rejected her in the past, and I’ll not also fight the man who adopted my baby because if not for him, only God knows what could have become of this mother and child. So, it’s going to take a whole gradual process because I don’t even expect the child to forgive me.

So, I’ll start by asking for their forgiveness, and if they’re able to forgive me, I can now extend my request to at least visiting the child and making him or her realise that I’m truly sorry for my actions in the past.

Yes, I don’t expect them to forgive me immediately but I know that with time, the child will get to realise that any other man could have made a similar mistake. So, I should be forgiven. And if they refuse to forgive me after all my effort to reconcile with them, then I’ll let go because in this case, the child has a right to choose whom to stay with.

So, I can’t force myself on him if he doesn’t want me. But I know that someday, the child will want to see me when he or she is grown up and realises that there’s a biological father somewhere. There’s no way the child will not look for me, especially when it’s a male child. Even if the child in question is a female, a day will come when she’ll still have to look for her biological father.

But I’ll want to use this opportunity to advise all those who’re planning any form of adoption to avoid all the trouble that could come with issues relating to this. So, the best thing to do will be to go through outright adoption. When you do that, you actually do not know the real parents of the baby you’ve adopted. Though in our own part of the world, people frown at any story related to child adoption, I still think it’s better than marrying a pregnant woman where you have to go through all the fight with the biological father and mother of the baby.

Our level of exposure has not got to that stage where we can associate with persons of different cultural backgrounds as if we’re one and I pray that we get there soon because every man created in the image and likeness of God is one.

For the young men amongst us who want to play a fast game, always remember to play safe and if you impregnate a woman for any reason, carry your cross. Shoulder your responsibility to avoid crying and fighting for your baby in the future.

Nothing’s wrong with it — Etcetera, Musician

I don’t see anything wrong in marrying a pregnant woman. If I impregnated a woman and refused to take custody of the pregnancy, it means I should be able to let her have custody of the baby. I understand that she must have passed through so much pain because I denied her in the first place. So, it will only be humane for me not to hurt her anymore by wanting to claim the child in the future. I’ll let her leave peacefully with the child wherever and with whoever she pleases because I didn’t play my own role when it was necessary.

Besides, I don’t see anything wrong if this child is happy staying with the mother and the adopted father, if he’s well taken care of. I will only be tempted to go for the baby if he or she is being maltreated in anyway. But if the child is given a sound education and lacks nothing, then there will be no need to bother myself about the child. Don’t forget that by so doing, I would have solved someone’s problem somewhere and life is all about being happy.

My child is not for sale — Guy P, Musician

My dear, whether I denied the pregnancy or not, I’ll not allow another man to take custody of my child. Once I’m able to identify the whereabouts of this child, I must recover him or her because he or she is my blood and won’t live with a foreigner. Yes, I may have made the mistake of denying the pregnancy as a young man who wasn’t ready to settle down but that does not mean I’m interested in selling my child to any man.

I’ll do whatever I can to have my child back. Whether the people involved are wealthy, influential or not, they won’t intimidate me. Even if the child refuses to stay with me, I’ll still do my best to get him back.

A mistake with deadly consequences — Scott Robert, Actor

Look, any man who goes as far as marrying a pregnant woman is making a big mistake because it’s not only likely that the biological owner of the pregnancy will come back for his child but it’s a must that this child will someday look for his or her father.

Let me speak for myself and the truth is, if I impregnate any woman, even if she’s a cripple, I’ll marry her because I can’t imagine my own blood in a foreign land. So, I won’t give any man that opportunity of wanting to own my child for any reason. For those guys who shy away from their responsibility, I think something is wrong with them somehow. Sometimes, I ask myself why would any man deny his pregnancy and allow the woman to suffer alone? If you think you’re not old enough to father a child, then you’re not man enough to take a woman to bed or where have all the condoms in Naija gone to?

There’s something I want to let you know and that is that even the young man who refused to take responsibility of a particular woman whom he had impregnated will surely come back for his child in future. Any man who decides to marry a pregnant woman will only succeed if the real owner of the pregnancy never got to know about it. Even if you have to marry a pregnant little girl because you don’t have a child, you should allow her put to bed and marry her later. Don’t marry another man’s blood. I advise you because if you do, you’ll surely face the consequences.

A risky venture — Emmanuel Ojo, Graphic artist

My friend, please don’t try to do any such thing.

Yes, it is possible that the owner of this pregnancy in question may not be willing to accept it for now but danger lies ahead because the real owner of the pregnancy will surely come for it someday in the future.

I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with marrying a pregnant woman if she gives you her consent. But I’m looking at what the future holds for the man who decides to marry another man’s pregnancy. Don’t forget that the real owner of the pregnancy could make a comeback in future and the consequences, you never really can tell because there’s every likelihood that the baby may not have an option than to go with his biological father, especially now that we have the DNA test at our finger tips. Even if the biological father did not come for this child, the child could go looking for him if he gets any signal that he’s living in a foreign land. So, I think it’s a very risky venture to go into.

Fhemmmy:

Nope, i cant.
I can marry a single Mother, but not one with belle.

Fhemmmy:

I cant deal with the hormone changes.
Seeing the belle will make me to always think somehow.

While i can look at the kid as my own child.

FL Gators:

Hormone changes. . . . you do know that yourr wife/gf will have hormonal changes during PMS too.
What will the belle make you think that the child won't make you think?

"Excuse me, can you wait a few more months, so it would be easier to see the baby as mines? Right now your belly is making me think somehow"

FL Gators:

Difference?

Aloy~Emeka:

Difference is that it will feel like marrying two people.

TheSeeker:

If only you knew the implication of marrying a pregnant woman in my land, then you wouldn't have asked. But there's no harm with it if I won't sleep with her sha; and if I know I can't refrain from sleeping with her while she's pregnant, I'll pass please.

maedan:


Didn't Seal do something like this with his present wife??

Aloy~Emeka:

Out of desperation to marry a hot white woman na.

maedan:

@ Aloy~Emeka
If na you nko??

Kunbee:

@aloy in Yoruba land if you sleep with a pregnant woman in which the pregnancy is not yours, you will never be successful until that child becomes successful

TheSeeker:

In Yoruba it's not superstition. Most times, it is like this: If you sleep with a pregnant woman deliberately and you're not responsible for that pregnancy, you'll never be successful until that child starts making money on their own. But there's an exception to it if you don't know. However, you can break the code to sleep with a pregnant woman by wearing shoes with socks and sleep with her -- if this is done, you're free and no consequence.

TheSeeker:

In Yoruba it's not superstition. Most times, it is like this: If you sleep with a pregnant woman deliberately and you're not responsible for that pregnancy, you'll never be successful until that child starts making money on their own. But there's an exception to it if you don't know. However, you can break the code to sleep with a pregnant woman by wearing shoes with socks and sleep with her -- if this is done, you're free and no consequence.

Aloy~Emeka:

That is pure superstition. Why do you people believe that kin nonsense?. Now that Obasanjo slept with his son's wife, what happened to him?

POSAKOSA1:

Obasanjo is an occultist, an ogboni man. He knows that karma is bullshit so he chooses to enjoy his life and live his life to the fullest. He doesn't believe in repercussions or any of that nonsense. He doesn't have a conscience.

kizi:

Whahahaha very funny

Aloy~Emeka:

That is pure superstition. Why do you people believe that kin nonsense?. Now that Obasanjo slept with his son's wife, what happened to him?

Aloy~Emeka:

That is pure superstition. Why do you people believe that kin nonsense?. Now that Obasanjo slept with his son's wife, what happened to him?

POSAKOSA1:

This is also considering the fact that you know that the pregnancy is NOT yours. Imagine how many men went to the altar with their wives only to find out that the child is NOT theirs. As long as you plan to marry them, many women will never tell you the truth.